darned

Example Sentences

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Yeah, I expect some hate mail for "Promethean," because it sounds so darned elitist and stupid all at once.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2025

Of course, they denied it; the program ran long because speakers were just so darned popular, people wouldn’t stop cheering and clapping, party officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

“It may be darned important that we have some ability to have those arms come here, rather than go somewhere else,” the State Department official concluded.

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2023

“It’s just a matter of when, not if. He’s too darned good.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023

She dressed herself and padded down the four flints of stairs in her darned and redarned stockings.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson